A terrific Easter tipple

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Before your taste buds become overwhelmed by chocolate, treat them to a spot of Charteuse, the classic monastic liqueur

Since you will no doubt be gorged silly on Easter chocolate over the next
fortnight, I have decided to skip the chocolate liqueur special and go down
a more godly route with a tribute to my favourite monastic liqueur: Chartreuse.

The colour of Chartreuse does not generally lend itself to compliments:
“Uurgh, did you see that carpet? It was a hideous shade of Chartreuse!” But
the drink itself is well worth a try. Created by Carthusian monks in 1737,
it was originally intended as a medicine. The recipe is a secret, but
supposedly contains more than 130 herbs and spices